Comments on: My Year Without Make-up

By: Alena Phillips

Alena Phillips — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 21:46:59 +0000

LOVE IT! You look radiant, but I believe your glow comes not only from without, but within! I am pondering the no make-up challenge. Being a VERY pale skinned red-head, alot of makeup was never right for me anyway. But I feel almost invisible because of no real color in my eyelashes or eyebrows. You raise a valuable point in that our grandmothers and beyond found their beauty in their character and who they were from the inside out. Cudos to you, first time to the webside, delightful!

By: penny bingman

penny bingman — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:35:32 +0000

Tressa, It’s so nice to see a young woman comfortable in her own skin.
I decided 20 years ago that make-up was a big waist of my time.
Being a farmer, my cows and horses didn’t care that I hadn’t put on lipstick and eyeshadow. My husband always told me I didn’t need it
(sweet guy ) and after seeing women older than me who never wore it,
Their skin was so beautiful. Yea, I can see the lines and wrinkles
creeping up but my eyes don’t burn,nor do I look like a racoon
when I’m picking beans.My daughter wears a little foundation, but is
comfortable without it too.
Throw away to beauty magazines and look at the pretty woman in the mirror. Theres a lot more to see.

By: Lara DeHaven

Lara DeHaven — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:03:22 +0000

Tressa, Thank you so much for your kind words. I am glad that you have discovered for yourself how great your skin can look and how great you can look without make-up. Most importantly, I love the message being sent to our young daughters. “You are beautiful just the way you are.”

By: Tressa

Tressa — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 07:55:19 +0000

First I would like to say, you are beautiful! I understand the idea of not being “made up” that gets put in our heads. I wore makeup in high school because I felt the need to cover up my ugly skin (really just a few normal pimples). In college I wore some makeup but started a job at UPS where I was working as a sorter in no air conditioning and couldn’t stand the makeup running off my face. Yuck. I wasn’t there to impress anyone, so I just stopped wearing makeup to work. Then I stopped wearing it to school too (to tired most of the time). The last time I wore makeup was on my wedding day 3 ½ years ago, and it was mineral makeup that I applied. I use a dab of concealer every once in a while and lip balm (gotta have the SPF). I can’t stand the idea of putting the liquid goop on my face anymore. My skin completion is better for it too. My husband is bewildered by women with layers of makeup on, and grossed out. He remembers a girl when he was a teenager that “lost” her makeup after jumping in a stream with them. He didn’t recognize her because she looked soo different without it (not bad, different). Most guys I know don’t get it, and like a woman natural. I wish it wasn’t so hard for us to realize that. Congratulations for figuring out that you are beautiful without all the chemicals on your face! What a great lesson to teach your daughter.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 04:36:10 +0000

I really have never worn makeup on a regular basis. I do put powder on my cheeks occasionally 2-3x / year and I do use undereye neutral coverup(because I have had dark circles under my eyes do to allergies since i was about 16) but even that isn’t more than 4-5x/year. I wasn’t raised with it and even now that i’m married and out of home i dont see the need to waste money on it. When i was in Nursing school a few years ago my classmates gave me a makeover and it stayed on a whole of 4 hours before i scrubbed that icky stuff off. For my wedding i did use a tiny bit of rouge as i was so tired by the actual day that i was sick and pale. Oh and I dont regularly shave my legs either, Maybe less than 10 times in my whole life, Why bother, there are so many other things I can spend my time on

By: andrea

andrea — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:53:14 +0000

I’m glad to see I’m not the only one who goes sans makeup. I haven’t wore makeup since high school (occasional if I want to add eyeshadow or lipstick I will…maybe 1-2xs a year). I think my skin is so much smoother than it would be with the makeup. Thanks for your blog!